res judicata

res judicata

(rēz jo͞o'dĭkā`tə): see jeopardyjeopardy,in law, condition of a person charged with a crime and thus in danger of punishment. At common law a defendant could be exposed to jeopardy for the same offense only once; exposing a person twice is known as double jeopardy......Click the link for more information..

4 ("Unpublished opinions issued on or after January 1, 1996, are not precedent, except under the doctrine of res judicata, collateral estoppel or law of the case (or similarly to show double jeopardy, notice, sanctionable conduct, entitlement to attorney's fees, or the like).

Those class members who do not opt out are bound, forever, by the terms of the settlement, even if they do not exercise those rights during the course of a settlement program, because future litigation of the claims resolved is barred by the doctrine of res judicata.

Nothing requires a plaintiff to sue prospective defendants simultaneously, If, however, a plaintiff has a number of claims against a single party, the doctrine of Res Judicata will bar issues which could have been litigated between them but were not.

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